An extraordinary meeting of ENSREG was held on March 6, 2022, with the participation of the IAEA, WENRA, Ukraine (SNRIU) and two observers (Switzerland, Great Britain), in order to continue work on the first extraordinary meeting on February 27, 2022 and consider nuclear safety of Ukrainian nuclear facilities in connection with the military aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine.
The meeting discussed the consequences of the Russian military attack on nuclear facilities, including the Zaporizhzhia NPP (the largest nuclear power plant in Europe) and the research nuclear facility Neutron Source, based on a subcritical assembly controlled by a linear electron accelerator which is located on the site of the National Research Center "Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology".
"Such actions are completely unacceptable, and we strongly condemn them, given the potential serious consequences of any violent attack on nuclear facilities," the ENSREG statement said.
ENSREG calls on the Russian military to abandon nuclear facilities immediately so the operator can ensure the safe operation of the facilities, conduct a full assessment of their condition and repair the damage.
Ukraine called for urgent, effective and decisive action by the world community to prevent an environmental catastrophe.